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grow sugarcane
sugarcane 常用作不可数名词；说“一根甘蔗”可用 a piece of sugarcane。
Farmers grow sugarcane in tropical regions.
农民在热带地区种植甘蔗。
甘蔗
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
甘蔗
A tall tropical plant with thick, juicy stems whose sap is used to make sugar and molasses; fresh stems are sometimes chewed for their juice.
Farmers grow sugarcane in tropical regions.
农民在热带地区种植甘蔗。
甘蔗汁是糖蜜和商业糖的来源
juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice
高大的热带甘蔗草
tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar
Farmers grow sugarcane in tropical regions to produce sugar.
农民在热带地区种植甘蔗以生产糖。
The mill crushes sugarcane to extract the sweet juice.
制糖厂压碎甘蔗来提取甜汁。
Children often chew fresh sugarcane for its sweet juice.
孩子们常常嚼新鲜甘蔗来吸取甜汁。
sugarcane 常用作不可数名词；说“一根甘蔗”可用 a piece of sugarcane。
Farmers grow sugarcane in tropical regions.
农民在热带地区种植甘蔗。
Some people chew sugarcane for its sweet juice.
有些人嚼甘蔗来吸甜汁。
Sugar is made from sugarcane.
糖是由甘蔗制成的。
Workers extract juice from sugarcane by crushing it.
工人们通过压榨从甘蔗中提取蔗汁。
Not this
Sugarcanes are grown in southern China.
Use this
Sugarcane is grown in southern China.
sugarcane 在英语中是不可数名词，没有复数形式，所以谓语动词要用单数 is。
Not this
He bought a sugarcane at the market.
Use this
He bought a stalk of sugarcane at the market.
sugarcane 是不可数名词，不能直接用 a 修饰；表示“一根甘蔗”时需要使用 stalk 等量词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
甘蔗汁
We bought fresh sugarcane juice from the market.
我们从市场买了新鲜的甘蔗汁。
甘蔗田
The sugarcane fields stretch for miles.
甘蔗田绵延数英里。
甘蔗种植园
Sugarcane plantations are common in tropical regions.
甘蔗种植园在热带地区很常见。
甘蔗生产
Sugarcane production has increased this year.
今年甘蔗生产增加了。
甘蔗产业
The sugarcane industry employs many local workers.
甘蔗产业雇佣了许多当地工人。
甘蔗乙醇
Brazil uses sugarcane ethanol as fuel.
巴西使用甘蔗乙醇作为燃料。
Use sugarcane naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
甘蔗=sugar（糖）+cane（茎），糖藏在茎里，记住“糖茎”就是甘蔗。
语域：neutral 常见场景：农业/种植、食品与饮品、日常对话 sugarcane 是中性常用词，正式或非正式场合都自然；多用于谈论甘蔗种植、制糖或直接食用/榨汁的场景。
cane, rain, grain, train, and plain all have the same /eɪn/ sound as the -cane in sugarcane (/ˈʃʊɡɚˌkeɪn/). Be careful: sugar is not a rhyme; it is pronounced /ˈʃʊɡər/, and cane is not /kæn/ (can).
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.